The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10

burned to death. The bodies of three
only of the killed were recovered from
the flames. About forty escaped, most
of whom were badly injured. She list
of killed so far as ascertained was as
follows:
EC yard Baugo, brakeman, of West
/ Lebanon. n. H.; f. L. WeSSon, Spring
field, Mass; S. S. Westcall, Burlington,
| VT; c. p. Mills, Iroquois, Ont; E. F.
Diclon, Dartmouth College.
| CHARRED HUMAN FLESH.
| WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. Feb. L.
| A sad spectacle was revealed to the
throngs of visitors who gathered at the
scene of the wreck Saturday and yester-
day. Before them, imbedded in the
melted ice, were the twisted iron work
of the four cars which had gone down
to destruction and carried death to most
of their occupants. Where they lay
| were great pools of water, caused by
the melting of ice by heat from the
burning cars. The fourth car from the
rear or one ofthe day coaches was en-
| tirely destroyed. What little remained
was hidden beneath a little lake of water,
! upon the surface of which f1oated en-
| beTs, bits of burned clothing and pieces
| of charTed human flesh. 1t was impos-
sible to get at this car yesterday, but a
gang of men viii go to work to-day and
viii drag the depths for buried bodies.
1t is thought by some that at least
| twenty, if not more corpSeS will be
taken ont from this charnel pool. So
soul escaped from this car
and it is considered possible that there
may be as many as forty bodies under
meath the debris sunk in this pool. Of
| fetal inspectors have visited the black
ened wreck. Upon the ice in the debris
OF the Puritan" they discovered the
which they could pick out. Three
were so thoroughly burned that it was
| impossible to even tell their sex.
Some made scarcely handful. In
the next burned car, the Pullman car
| ''St. AlbanS,' which came from Spring
| field, they could only make out three
bodies. They were reduced to such a
state that they could scarcely be dis
| cerned from the rest of the debris. No
doubt the bodies of many persons were
totally consumed The third car from
the rear or the day car was entirely
submerged and 10 investigation could be
made. The fourth car from the rear,
or the last remaining one was next
visited. Here was presented the most
horrifying scene of all. No less than
| twelve bundles of burned flesh, charred
CLEARING THE WRECK.
a gang of twenty-five men have been
working all morning through the holes
in the ice, raising portions of the wreck
ed train from the bottom of the river,
and searching for bodies which may yet
be among the ruins. Thus far no bodies
have been recovered. Nearly all signs
of the terrible disaster have disappeared
except the gaping space between the
piers of the bridge. Trains are running
regularly to either end of the bridge.
The condition of the wounded is about
the same.
IDENTIFYING THE VICTIMS.
The civil authorities of Hartford, vt.
have now assumed charge of the re-
mains of the victims and their personal
effects so far as found. 1t is now learn
ed that Mrs. William Demo of Winoos-
XII, VT. was lost. Her husband was in
the baggage car at the time of the acct
dent. Her remains have not been
identified. n peculiar case has arisen
over the matter of the Identification of
body claimed by two parties, one
alleging that it is the body of female
and the other that it is that of male.
Even the doctors are equally divided on
the question on account of the charred
condition of the corpse. John Henry
HaZen, one of the beard of seiectmen of
the town of Hartford, says that in his
opinion the bodies OF fOrty-six of the
persons killed have thus far been taken
from the wreck, although this is not by
actual count. Isaac Gates, an under
taker, says thirty-two bodies have been
brought to his car, seven of which have
been identified and removed, and per-
hapS five more are susceptible of
identiti cation.
THE CAUSE OF THE WRECK
Prof. Fletcher, chief of the engineer
department of Dartmouth College, who
has made a close examination of the
track leading to the building, says there
were three rails torn up at the point
where the car Pilgrim" probably left
the track. The rails all show signs of
defects in material and in construction.
| Prof. Fletcher thinks the axle on the
car pilgrim" broke, causing it's de-
railment and that that was the only
car which left the track until the bridge
was reached.
THE INJURED IMPROVING.
HARTFORD, VT, Feb. THE local
excitement over the accident is gradu-
ally dying out. The doctors report that
| all the injured are greatly improved,
even those who were considered most
dangerously hurt. Quite a number
will be allowed to go to their homes to-
night. Charles Sanford of Washing
! ton, ID. c., who was reported killed
was not on the train, and advices from
Montreal state that the Kennedy fami-
~ of five. supposed to have been lost.
are safe in that city.
| KILLED BY FALLING WALLS.
| MOBILE, Ala, Feb. Fire this
morning destroyed the wholesale drug
house Oh NJ. S. Sprague 81 Co. Loss,
S2S. 000; insurance. S15, 900. During the
Sprague's building fell upon a two
story brick next east and broke the
roof and walls, which fell upon a num-
Der of men engaged in removing the
stock of liquor therefrom belonging to
James Mcdonnell. The heavy barrels
and the mass of brick which fell covered
Mcdonnell, killing him instantly. Nc
DOnnell was the head of the firm
of wholesale grocerS of that name.
} Frank McLarney, a member of the
same firm, was seriously but not fatally
injured. 1t may be that others are
under the mass of brick. Search is be-
ing made.
| BADLY INJURED.
, Smith Sturdivant, conductor, right
: side of body burned from head to foot
; head severely bruised, cannot live; o.
) Boisoret, and Angelina Quebec, inter
nally injured; l.. Combremont, New
2 York, hips and back bruised; Mitchell
LaCaillede. Lawrence Mass, head
2 chest and back bruised; Moses Paulett
) Quebec. right leg broken and heaC
wounded; Mrs. w. d. Dryden, Mont
5 real, Commissions on back; George Genett
: Syracuse n. Y, head cut open and bacl
t wounded: Horace Juean, Eas
Pepperel, Mass, face, back and leg,
bruised; Anna Murphy, Boston, RICH
e cheek split open, back bruised; HenI.
: Tewksbury, Randolph, Vermont, lef
l leg and left arm broken; Mrs. Charlie
e Kastuer, Boston, Commissions ON bacl
o and limbs; Kate Kahl, Bosron, sever
n scalp wound; j. G. Hutchinson, Mont
l. gomery, Vermont, injured spinal col
o umn; Joseph E. Jacques, Fitchburg
IS Massachusetts, confusion over eyes
G hips, legs bruised; Henry Mott, Al
Y Dargh, Vermont, internally injured
e Andrew A. Wheeler, Fitchburg, Mas
IS sachusetts, cut over eyes and fac
% burned, Mrs. John Gravel, MidforC
S. Massachusetts, ankle sprained an
If spinal column injured; Jas. Kile
nj Burke, New York, left arm fractured
80 and head bruised; c. NJ. Hassme